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Fast Forward New regulations hinder donations of gear to Israeli soldiers, charities say
The donor pipeline that military officers say is critical to their troops’ safety in the field faces another hurdle
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Fast Forward After outcry, El Al reinstates discount for shipping donated gear to Israel
El Al’s backtracking comes days after reporting on the end of the discount program by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Fast Forward 10 Israeli soldiers killed in separate incidents in Gaza in deadliest day for military since January
The incidents came on the first day of a humanitarian pause Israel announced that will stop fighting along a key southern Gaza road every day to enable the delivery of aid
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Fast Forward Cost of shipping donated gear to Israel quadrupling as El Al ends Oct. 7 cargo discount
Since Oct. 7, Israel’s national airline has charged $50 per duffel of donated gear. The new price will be $200
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News ‘They’re not alone’: A pair of cousins in Israel and Long Island help outfit IDF soldiers
‘Terri’s Angels’ sends Israeli troops the socks and sleeping bags they say they lack
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News Israeli battlefield commanders explain why they are breaking IDF rules to solicit donated gear
“The army claims nothing is missing,” said one senior commander. “But look at me, from head to toe, I am covered in donated gear. Everything except for the weapon"
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Fast Forward Vancouver comics festival bans Jewish artist Miriam Libicki over past IDF service
Libicki said the only work she was selling at this year’s VanCAF festival was based on Holocaust survivors’ testimony
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Opinion Will the IDF’s ‘tragic mistake’ in Rafah spell the end of the war?
An airstrike that killed at least 45 civilians, which even Netanyahu has decried, could take pressure on Israel past the tipping point
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